Laura Hemingway won the women's division of the Splash Class World Championships because she says her competition weren't up to the conditions.
'A lot of the other girls weren't very good in windy weather,” says Laura, 'and I had been training in it. That helped a lot.”

Laura Hemingway and trophy.

'And I had a really good coach, John Morgan. He also coached Chris Steel, the person who won it as well.”
The first two days of racing at Takapuna Beach experienced winds of 20-25 knots. It let off on day three, but day four was a howler.
There were gusts of 35 knots over the committee boat, plus an accompanying squall line with torrential rain.

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